I am very excited about my proposal for having students digital publish their writing products. I think that by providing choice in writing prompts and output styles it will help motivate and engage the students in the writing process. Students will likely be excited to go through the entire writing process and want to put forth effort to make a stellar product because they can share it with others and will have a bigger audience.
So far I have been working on the planning stages of developing the proposal to present to teachers and administrators. I think it was a good process to go through to assess the need is and how we can try to address it. In my role as a technology instruction coordinator, I am continually providing resources and professional development to the teachers and beginning to develop this proposal has helped me think through an appropriate system to use in the future when planning for future professional development and technology goals. I realized the importance of getting feedback from all parties regarding the proposed ideas, and know that I want to make sure that things that I am going to introduce will meet the needs of the students but also support the goals of the administration.
The most challenging aspects of the process so far has been finding time to have discussions with the administrators and teachers to get their feedback and assess the need. Once I was actually able to have the conversations with both administrators and teachers, I then had to synthesize their ideas and make sure that they meshed. What worked well was that through these conversations I was able to develop a plan that will not only address the need of helping students develop the 21st century skills of creation and communication while also meeting specific learning goals that the district has set forth.
Through this proposal, I can see how important it is for the Technology Specialist to take on the role of the Learning Specialist and Instructional Designer. As the Technology Specialist, we need to understand the needs of the students and be able to develop a solution for how teachers can address these needs and role that technology can play to solve the problem. We have the opportunity to help enhance student learning by working with teachers to develop new and engaging learning experiences that will best meet the needs of the students.
So far I have been working on the planning stages of developing the proposal to present to teachers and administrators. I think it was a good process to go through to assess the need is and how we can try to address it. In my role as a technology instruction coordinator, I am continually providing resources and professional development to the teachers and beginning to develop this proposal has helped me think through an appropriate system to use in the future when planning for future professional development and technology goals. I realized the importance of getting feedback from all parties regarding the proposed ideas, and know that I want to make sure that things that I am going to introduce will meet the needs of the students but also support the goals of the administration.
The most challenging aspects of the process so far has been finding time to have discussions with the administrators and teachers to get their feedback and assess the need. Once I was actually able to have the conversations with both administrators and teachers, I then had to synthesize their ideas and make sure that they meshed. What worked well was that through these conversations I was able to develop a plan that will not only address the need of helping students develop the 21st century skills of creation and communication while also meeting specific learning goals that the district has set forth.
Through this proposal, I can see how important it is for the Technology Specialist to take on the role of the Learning Specialist and Instructional Designer. As the Technology Specialist, we need to understand the needs of the students and be able to develop a solution for how teachers can address these needs and role that technology can play to solve the problem. We have the opportunity to help enhance student learning by working with teachers to develop new and engaging learning experiences that will best meet the needs of the students.
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